Stromatocerium Hall 1847 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae

Parent taxon: Stromatoceriidae according to C. W. Stearn et al. 1999

See also Bolton 1988, Nestor 1964 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cystistroma, Radiostroma

Subtaxa: Stromatocerium huronense Stromatocerium rugosum Stromatocerium sakuense

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Type: Stromatocerium rugosum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Chazyan of United States (2: New York, Vermont collections)

• Ordovician of Australia (3), Canada (22: Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (2), Estonia (1), Mongolia (4), the Russian Federation (5), United States (47: Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 86 collections including 101 occurrences

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